Ha, definitely a match made in heaven. It could be a twist on that godawful tv show, as in Made For Chelsea!Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:19pmYes but it's obvious he's lost it down the back of the sofa. Sounds like he would make a great follow up owner for Chelsea football club.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:16pmYou guys jest but i read a snippet earlier about how India's wealthiest man lost $100bn over the past week and i can't stop thinking about that poor guy. While the rest of us whine about freezing to death because we can't afford to turn the heating on or starving because we haven't had a wage increase since the financial crash, this unfortunate wretch is on his uppers, probably down to his last $300bn give or take, half his private jet fleet grounded as the price of aviation fuel goes through the roof. It just really puts things in perspective, you know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 4:33pmThe burden of millions in the bank, yet not enough time to enjoy it.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 1:46pmI feel sorry for the rich. It must be tough never having enough.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 1:37pm
Well, if everyone took your attitude, we might be much happier, but what about the rich? Hmmm? No one ever thinks about what our desire for happiness and dignity means to them.
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Only kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
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Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:35pmHa, definitely a match made in heaven. It could be a twist on that godawful tv show, as in Made For Chelsea!Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:19pmYes but it's obvious he's lost it down the back of the sofa. Sounds like he would make a great follow up owner for Chelsea football club.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:16pmYou guys jest but i read a snippet earlier about how India's wealthiest man lost $100bn over the past week and i can't stop thinking about that poor guy. While the rest of us whine about freezing to death because we can't afford to turn the heating on or starving because we haven't had a wage increase since the financial crash, this unfortunate wretch is on his uppers, probably down to his last $300bn give or take, half his private jet fleet grounded as the price of aviation fuel goes through the roof. It just really puts things in perspective, you know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 4:33pmThe burden of millions in the bank, yet not enough time to enjoy it.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 1:46pm
I feel sorry for the rich. It must be tough never having enough.
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Greed ain't going nowhere. If the rich are simply in fear of being poor then they don't understand what it is to be rich. I don't like to see anybody suffer from not having the basics that this world offers but being rich doesn't have to be about having maximum wealth.Kory wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:36pmOnly kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
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I tend to think that having enough money to live comfortably (and then some) forever, it becomes a status competition, with accumulation of material goods the way of measuring oneself against others with wealth. Money transforms from the stuff to stay alive to the stuff that fuels your social status.Kory wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:36pmOnly kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
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If only I had your learning. Exactly what my poor attempt above was trying to articulate.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:43pmI tend to think that having enough money to live comfortably (and then some) forever, it becomes a status competition, with accumulation of material goods the way of measuring oneself against others with wealth. Money transforms from the stuff to stay alive to the stuff that fuels your social status.Kory wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:36pmOnly kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
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Whatever the lurnins, we came up with the same idea, right?Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:45pmIf only I had your learning. Exactly what my poor attempt above was trying to articulate.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:43pmI tend to think that having enough money to live comfortably (and then some) forever, it becomes a status competition, with accumulation of material goods the way of measuring oneself against others with wealth. Money transforms from the stuff to stay alive to the stuff that fuels your social status.Kory wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:36pmOnly kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
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We did indeed sir.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 7:01pmWhatever the lurnins, we came up with the same idea, right?Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:45pmIf only I had your learning. Exactly what my poor attempt above was trying to articulate.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:43pmI tend to think that having enough money to live comfortably (and then some) forever, it becomes a status competition, with accumulation of material goods the way of measuring oneself against others with wealth. Money transforms from the stuff to stay alive to the stuff that fuels your social status.Kory wrote: ↑03 Feb 2023, 6:36pmOnly kind of relevant here, but I've been thinking about it lately: I'm going to sound like a upper class sympathizer, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm most certainly not. BUT, I think I do understand what drives them to a degree, but I can only speak from personal experience. Once you start having more money than you did, you kind of forget how you got by before, and you really do worry a lot about having to go back to that previous level of income/savings. The brain tells you the best option here is to make more money as a buffer against any such event. Of course the ultra rich take this to science fiction levels, and for those who were born rich, fuck 'em. But I sort of get the fear that causes republican types to vote against themselves and drives their worldview. We left the forest and joined society so that we wouldn't have to scrape to live and yet here we are, mostly scraping to live.
Forces have been looting
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Speaking of the rich, we need to listen to them because they have it all worked out. Remember, it was the working classes who had to pay for all the shenanigans that led to the 2007/8 financial crash and that's the way it has to be now. Sorry but that's just how the system works.
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In Minecraft, I would love to organise a paramilitary force which, through the use of kneecapping and property damage, would teach these people to fear repercussions.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:10amSpeaking of the rich, we need to listen to them because they have it all worked out. Remember, it was the working classes who had to pay for all the shenanigans that led to the 2007/8 financial crash and that's the way it has to be now. Sorry but that's just how the system works.
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Pill is so well named, he could be a character from the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. Whenever I see this shit, i think whether we'll ever see the UK version of the "gilets jaunes". What are they waiting for?Silent Majority wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 6:56amIn Minecraft, I would love to organise a paramilitary force which, through the use of kneecapping and property damage, would teach these people to fear repercussions.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:10amSpeaking of the rich, we need to listen to them because they have it all worked out. Remember, it was the working classes who had to pay for all the shenanigans that led to the 2007/8 financial crash and that's the way it has to be now. Sorry but that's just how the system works.
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I had to visit the local casino today to check out venue space for my job. It's a relatively large Native American casino in Downtown Milwaukee. Not nearly as big as a Vegas casino, but has most of the same bells and whistles. I really love the sound of a casino. I don't like gambling, but I like the energy of a busy gaming floor. We went to Vegas in July 2021 as my partner had a conference. The kids and I had the days to explore while she was busy, and we ended up walking to every casino on the strip - just to check them out. It was a blast. We picked up a $1 chip from each one. Anyway, not quite sure the point of this post - other than I got a boost visiting the local casino today.
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I love that sound too.WestwayKid wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 4:06pmI had to visit the local casino today to check out venue space for my job. It's a relatively large Native American casino in Downtown Milwaukee. Not nearly as big as a Vegas casino, but has most of the same bells and whistles. I really love the sound of a casino. I don't like gambling, but I like the energy of a busy gaming floor. We went to Vegas in July 2021 as my partner had a conference. The kids and I had the days to explore while she was busy, and we ended up walking to every casino on the strip - just to check them out. It was a blast. We picked up a $1 chip from each one. Anyway, not quite sure the point of this post - other than I got a boost visiting the local casino today.
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Crazy enough, I also love the smell of a casino. This one has a pine smell that's piped in.JennyB wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 4:14pmI love that sound too.WestwayKid wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 4:06pmI had to visit the local casino today to check out venue space for my job. It's a relatively large Native American casino in Downtown Milwaukee. Not nearly as big as a Vegas casino, but has most of the same bells and whistles. I really love the sound of a casino. I don't like gambling, but I like the energy of a busy gaming floor. We went to Vegas in July 2021 as my partner had a conference. The kids and I had the days to explore while she was busy, and we ended up walking to every casino on the strip - just to check them out. It was a blast. We picked up a $1 chip from each one. Anyway, not quite sure the point of this post - other than I got a boost visiting the local casino today.
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We added little bits of trivia, various souvenirs, and bits of memorabilia we picked up. It was a truly fun project to work on with them - especially knowing that we collected all of the chips ourselves - and it's a nice reminder of what was a fun and memorable trip.
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